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No one should go to prison over a typo, but Renel Domond did.
Domond had been granted parole in 2017 after serving nearly nine years in prison. But on Nov. 13, 2020, the Connecticut Department of Corrections’ “elite, highly trained, seven-person fugitive unit” task force - as the Hartford Courant called it in 2012 - tracked Domond down outside a Vitamin Shoppe in Stamford and took him to nearby Bridgeport Correctional Center for allegedly “absconding” - intentionally slipping away from the community where he was to be supervised post-incarceration.
What Domond was doing was intentional, but he hadn’t slipped away. When small businesses were struggling, Domond’s, a smoothie bar called Juice Kings, was succeeding. He took college classes, helped run a community basketball league and sat on panels - virtually, because of th
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Jan. 13, 2021
A Federal Inmate under the supervision of the Connecticut Department of Correction passed away from complications related to the novel coronavirus.
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Due to medical privacy laws, the name of the individual is not being released.
The 57-year-old male had been transferred from the Agency s Bridgeport Correctional Center to an outside hospital for treatment on January 2, 2021, where he succumbed to his illnesses on Saturday, January 9, 2021.
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He was admitted to the State s prison system on September 9, 2020, and was being held for the Federal Bureau of Prisons. He was not serving a Connecticut sentence at the time of his death.
Updated: 3:32 PM EST January 13, 2021
The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced Wednesday that a Bridgeport man was sentenced to 19 years in federal prison for enticing a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity, and for obstructing justice by attempting to have the minor victim murdered.
According to a release, 38-year-old Jose Santos was a bus/van driver who transported children to and from a Wallingford middle school.
Santos was arrested in November of 2018, a month after officials were notified that he was sexually soliciting a 13-year-old girl who was a passenger on his route.
During an investigation, police located over 200 text messages or calls between Santos and the 13-year-old on her phone.
As a business reporter, I write about small businesses opening and closing, manufacturing, food and drink, labor issues and economic data. I particularly love writing about the impact of state and federal policy on local businesses. I also do some education reporting, covering colleges in southeastern Connecticut and regional K-12 issues.
Erica Moser
As a business reporter, I write about small businesses opening and closing, manufacturing, food and drink, labor issues and economic data. I particularly love writing about the impact of state and federal policy on local businesses. I also do some education reporting, covering colleges in southeastern Connecticut and regional K-12 issues.